https://www.hallamtrads.co.uk/ewExternalFiles/WNMCome%20See%20the%20Boys.pdf COME SEE THE BOYS GO ROUND (Paul Davenport) CHORUS Come, see the boys go round How sweet the music goes Bring forth the plough to break the ground Raise up the shining Rose When Christmastide is gone and past When fields lie stark and bare Then let us brave the winter’s blast Without a fear or care Without a fear or care my boys Let each with one accord Now dance the round on frozen ground With ribbons, drum and sword Come, see the boys go round &c Now first of all comes Besom Bess A-sweeping with her broom To drive out winter’s cold distress To clear and make the room To clear and make the room my boys That we may sport and play With swords that clash and brightly flash Upon this holiday Come, see the boys go round &c Let Lord and Lady start the game Let Tom Fool sing the song That wakes those heroes of great fame Who roll the year along Who roll the year along my boys For only they know how The plough becomes the shining sword The sword becomes the plough Come, see the boys go round &c Now enter in those heroes bold, Those heroes of great fame Their forefathers in days of old Each bore a glorious name Each bore a glorious name my boys Likewise a shining blade They leap and spin, the swords go in And thus the Rose is made! Come, see the boys go round &c Paul Davenport © Jan 2012
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